How to get a Medical Marijuana Card in Delaware

The Delaware Medical Marijuana Act came into law on May 13, 2011; legislation detailed in Delaware Senate Bill 17 was authorized by Governor Jack Markell. Please bear in mind that, once a bill is signed into law it always takes at least a year for the administrative functions to be organized and, perhaps, another twelve months before they are put into place. In fact, Delaware state regulators have been given up to one year to draft the regulations that will govern the program. So, no rushing to get your weed card yet!

The details of the Bill are as follows:

Delaware Medical Marijuana – Eligible Medical Conditions

“Debilitating medical condition,” means one of the following in the context of The Delaware Medical Marijuana Act:

Diagnosis of the following conditions:

cancer

positive status for human immunodeficiency virus

acquired immune deficiency syndrome,

hepatitis C

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Crohn’s disease

agitation of Alzheimer’s disease

post-traumatic stress disorder

A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:

cachexia or wasting syndrome

severe, debilitating pain, that has not responded to previously prescribed medication or surgical measures for more than three months or for which other treatment options produced serious side effects

seizures; or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis

Glaucoma, when the written certification is signed by a properly licensed ophthalmologist subject to Chapter 17, Title 24 of the Delaware CodeAny other medical condition or its treatment added by the Department, as provided for in §4906A.

Delaware Medical Marijuana – How to Become a Medical Marijuana Patient (Eventually)

Delaware’s application system for medical marijuana registration is expected to go live this month, July 2011 and state-issued ID card; these cards may not be issued until after July 1, 2012.. In the meantime a limited affirmative defense is operational. This does not prevent an arrest or a prosecution. It can, though, be raised and proven in court to prevent a conviction. If all of the conditions are met, the prosecution should be dismissed.

The affirmative defense only applies if:

• The patient is in possession of no more than six ounces of marijuana and no plants.

• The patient possessed marijuana solely to treat or alleviate the his or her serious or debilitating medical condition (see above).

• The patient’s physician has stated that, “in the physician’s professional opinion, after having completed a full assessment of the individual’s medical history and current medical condition made in the course of a bona fide physician-patient relationship, the patient is likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit from marijuana to treat or alleviate the individual’s serious or debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated with the individual’s serious or debilitating medical condition.”

• The patient was undertaking any of the activities prohibited in §4904A of the law, such as driving under the influence of marijuana; possessing marijuana on school grounds, on a school bus, in a jail, or in a state-funded health care or treatment facility; or smoking marijuana in a public place or in any form of transportation.

Obtain written documentation from a physician licensed in the state of Delaware that that you are a qualifying patient

You must take your medical records with you to your appointment

Apply for and receive a Medical Marijuana Card from the state of Delaware

Delaware Medical Marijuana – Access to Marijuana and Allowed Amounts

The Delaware Medical Marijuana Act does not allow for patients or caregivers to cultivate their own cannabis. Instead the state will license at least one not-for-profit Compassionate Care Center per county; these centers will grow and dispense medical marijuana to patients or their designated caregivers.

Currently, the legislation states that patients and their caregivers may possess up to six ounces (170 grams) of marijuana. The state of Delaware does not allow for patients or caregivers to grow or cultivate their own cannabis. Instead, their medicine must be purchased from state licensed compassionate care centers, which will also grow its supply of cannabis.

Delaware Medical Marijuana – Designated Caregivers

Designated caregiver” means a person who:

is at least 21 years of age;

has agreed to assist with a patient’s medical use of marijuana;

has not been convicted of an excluded felony offense; and

assists no more than five qualifying patients with their medical use of marijuana.

Comments

I have had JRA, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, for over a year, nothing has stopped my inflammation and chronic pain I’ll have throughout my body, would i qualify? plus I’m 16 would i have to wait untill I’m 2

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In the final version of teh law, glaucoma was removed in its entirety.

Although the governor OK’s issuing ID cards, none have been issued.

To get an ID card, or to have the affirmative defense apply, a patient’s doctor must certify that all treatments, drugs and suergeries related to the disease have been tried and must have failed.

Even if you get an ID card, there is no legal aource of cannabis, as the governor has blocked implimentation of the planned grows/dispensaries (even blocked initial fact finding).

Even if a patient could argue the affirmative defense, neither patients no caregivers are allowed to grow. Any cannabis bought on the street is illegal, so the affirmative defense does not cover such purchases.

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Can an out of state letter of recommendation be used here in Delaware? I have a letter of recommendation from the state of California, and would do the correct procedures in order to obtain a medical marijuana ID card in the state of Delaware.

I have a friend who is eligible for Medical Marijuana. He knows someone who wants to grow Marijuana and distribute it to him and other patients, I guess they are called "caregivers?" For the record they have gone to a clas to learn how to do this process. I have several questions that I need answered before Saturday.

If you live in a state (fla) that doesn't support medical weed, and if you have a card from another state, is it possible to obtain the cannabis from a state that does cater to us? Mail , ups, fed ex ?

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